I had never thought of the law preventing the due on sale clause.

@Brent CoombsI do believe i could get all my cash back, I have heard this method preached by many people on BP over and over again and I'm convinced it will work...but you must understand that this is our first one so there is always the air of uncertainty since we haven't gone through the process. 

One thing to consider is that I don't believe it is technically legal to VRBO/AirBNB. http://kutv.com/news/get-gephardt/air-bnb-rentals-...I did have a friend who used his house as a winter ski rental and seemed to have good success with it.

This will prevent them from selling to anyone else for however long the contract states - which gives you time for a home inspection and other due diligence.

While most Net Zero buildings are energy efficient, perhaps even highly so in comparison to minimum building code requirements, there is nothing requiring them to anywhere new the efficiency level of a Passivhaus   .... this is why you will see odd things like warehouses with large rooftop solar installations being able to claim Net Zero.On the other hand, Passivhaus sets three metrics which a building must meet to be certified as Passivhaus compliant:  The building must have a heating and cooling demand of not more than 15 kWh/m2 (4,755 BTU/sq ft; 5.017 MJ/sq ft) per year  and a peak heat load of 10 W/m2.Total primary energy consumption (energy for heating, hot water and electricity) must not be more than 120 kWh/m2 (38,040 BTU/sq ft; 40.13 MJ/sq ft) per yearThe building must not leak more air than 0.6 times the house volume per hour (n50 ≤ 0.6 / hour) at 50 Pa (0.0073 psi) as tested by a blower door.Ironically, the research and pilot projects which fuelled what eventually became the Passivhaus standard was carried out in Saskatchewan as a National Research Council (NRC) project in the 1970s (the house is still in use today) and a similar project (Minnesota?)

What DF did to investors is put us into a box of "preditor lenders" that DTI and 1003 and ATR ability to repay is the regs attempt to force us to prove this loan is NOT preditory, is affordable and a good value.A lesser talked about need is to show that selling price is "market value" and not a picked out of thin air price the investor picked to their advantage.  

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.Do your due diligence up front and it will save you a lot of grief and $$$ later.

Rental income from a property acquired earlier in the same tax year can in fact be considered for vanilla Fannie loans.Relevant link to FannieMae.com on the subject.Warrants linking here: How Lender Overlays Prevent Mortgages.

There are openings in the upper west exterior walls where electrical conduit was removed.10.The stucco in these areas has not been repaired to prevent moisture penetration and deterioration.11.The front unit has issues flushing the toilet, which was confirmed with a tenant, so camera scoping of the drain pipes was performed that revealed damages and blockages in the pipes.12.Deferred maintenance on multiple items: cracks around windows and pipes, gas pipes are not supported, pilot lights in heater units were not lit, a water heater unit has no ventilation.I hired a plumber to scope the pipes (please see his report in the invoice attached and photos); a roofing company was hired to assess the damage to the roof above the middle unit only (please see proposed work sheet); a general contractor has inspected the settlement of the wall in the second unit due to the damaged frame.

I thought you could use a 1031 exchange to prevent paying taxes on flips by using the profits from one deal to fund the next deal.